1. Genesis- from the Hebrew word meaning ORIGIN or SOURCE

1. Authorship: MOSES uniquely qualified
2. Date of writing: 1450-1400 BC during wilderness wanderings ( Coffman’s Commentaries: Genesis, p. 18) 1 Kings 6:1.
3. The book covers approximately 1/3 of human history- 2000 yrs

2. A book of many beginnings. Genesis records the beginning of

1. the UNIVERSE / MATTER - Genesis 1

1. Ex nihilo - out of NOTHING
2. Hebrews 11:3

2. PHYSICAL LIFE -

1. PLANTS - Day 3 - Genesis 1:11-12
2. ANIMALS -

1. BIRDS & SEA creatures - Day 5 - Genesis 1:20-23
2. LAND creatures - Day 6 - Genesis 1:24-25
3. MAN - Day 6 - Genesis 1:26-28

3. MARRIAGE - Genesis 2:18, 21-24 (Matt 19:4-6)
4. PARENTHOOD - Genesis 4:1
5. LAW -

1. NATURAL - Genesis 1:11-12, 21, 24-25, 28
2. MORAL - Genesis 2:16-17

6. SIN on earth
7. the scheme of REDEMPTION - Gen 3:15
8. RELIGIOUS service - Gen 4:3-4 (Heb 11:4)
9. the CHOSEN people - Genesis 12:1-3
10. (Read other things in Morris’ Genesis Record, p. 20-21)

3. Great Divisions of Genesis:

1. Genesis 1-11 = Four great EVENTS: the CREATION, the FALL, the FLOOD, and the NATIONS
2. Genesis 12-50 = Four great PEOPLE: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, and JOSEPH

4. New Testament testimonies to Genesis - over 200 quotations of and allusions to Genesis in the New Testament, including:

1. Matthew 19:4-6 = Genesis 2 God’s law on MARRIAGE
2. Luke 17:32 = Genesis 19:26 LOT’S wife
3. Genesis 12:1-3 = Galatians 3:16 seed of ABRAHAM
4. Galatians 4:21-31 = Genesis 16-21 ISAAC & ISHMAEL
5. Hebrews 11:1-22 = great heroes of FAITH

5. Great Lessons from Genesis

1. (See Morris’ Genesis Record p. 38)
2. God MEANS what He SAYS

1. Genesis 2:17
2. Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 17
3. Genesis 19

3. NOAH is God’s answer to PEER PRESSURE
4. LOT is God’s example of 1 Corinthians 15:33
5. God’s BLESSINGS rest upon God’s FAITHFUL

(Sources of information on Genesis: Henry Morris’ The Genesis Record, Frank Dunn’s Know Your Bible, Coffman’s Commentary on Genesis.)